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Sarah Thomas, a member of New Life CRC in Red Deer, Alberta, and her friend Hannah Muzsik are working hard to put cancer to rest.

Creation is full of sounds.

John Ortberg told this one when he spoke at Calvin College's 2009 January Series:

As I read through a stack of essays, one caught my eye.

At a recent conference I was part of a panel of pastors who were talking about the realities of being a pastor. OK, let's face it&md

A clear soprano voice drifts down the narrow street into the gourmet sweet shop where I'm browsing among nut clusters, dark fudge, and fa

Money

Q My income just went down.

One of my great teachers, Henry Stob, a longtime Calvin Seminary professor, never tired of reminding his students that Jesus Christ came

It's 6:30 a.m.—another school day in our household.

Embryo Adoption

There is much good in this article. The article also raises a few issues.

Some time ago I asked my oldest son a question that was very hard to ask.

Recently my family sifted through objects from the past and the memories they inspired while cleaning out a sway-backed old horse barn

The ethical position of the Christian Reformed Church on homosexuality was reaffirmed by the denomination's synod (annual leadership meet

"I just really wanted to help the GEMS in Africa," said Kaitlyn Klumpenhouwer, an eighth-grade student from Living Hope/Redeeme

Since its formation in 2005, The Journey, a growing Christian Reformed congregation in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, has achieved a level

Three years ago I started knitting a blanket, not knowing who would receive it. I was just starting Calvin Theological Seminary's M.Div.

Calvin College stands first among the top 40 baccalaureate institutions in the United States for the number of students who study abroad

Recently the Back to God Ministries International Arabic outreach team received a very angry and threatening text message from a Jordania

Back to God Ministries International (BTGMI) began broadcasting the gospel by radio into mainland China in 1975.

It is amazing how quickly life can change. The least-expected events can alter things radically with little or no warning.

Breakfast at a maximum-security prison, lunch at a huge garbage dump, a stop at a shantytown before dinner, and a visit to street childre

The morning after Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated in 1968, third-grade teacher Jane Elliott changed her lesson plan.

The government of Zimbabwe has declared the ongoing cholera outbreak, which has claimed more than 500 lives, to be a national emergency.